Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 08:50:05 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Cc: akyol@wireless.Stanford.EDU Subject: Re: Help on block size in tar Message-ID: <199608240650.IAA09124@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <321E5933.102F11D5@whistle.com> from Julian Elischer at "Aug 23, 96 06:21:55 pm"
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As Julian Elischer wrote: > > What is the default blocksize of tar on FreeBSD, I have made a tape > > on a freebsd system and now cannot read it on a linux system. > it may be more complicated... > it might be teh TAPE DRIVE complaining... Anyway, i think the default blocksize is only 512 bytes. This should also pass any variable-length driver. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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